Thirty state manufacturing groups are urging Congress to end the ongoing government shutdown, which they say is disrupting operations and regulatory approvals.

While the nation’s largest federal employee union called for Congress to enact House Republicans’ short-term funding deal, another association for federal workers and retirees warned it isn’t as “clean” as proponents say.

Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted for the 13th time to block a House-passed bill to reopen the federal government, despite a plea this week by the nation’s largest federal workers union to

The federal government shutdown that began Oct. 1 may cost American taxpayers billions in back pay and administrative expenses, based on past shutdowns.

“It’s time to pass a clean continuing resolution and end this shutdown today,” said Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, according to The Associated Press. “No half measures, and no gamesmanship.”

The federal government is currently shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country.

The furloughed Department of Labor employee tried her best to prepare for the shutdown. She has filed for unemployment benefits, applied for part-time jobs and sold some of her family’s belongings. With no end to the shutdown in sight, Avila-Thomas doesn’t know when she will receive her next paycheck.

Democrats and Republicans remain at odds over government shutdown as poll shows voters would blame both parties, with President Donald Trump's approval rating underwater at 43%.

A number of airlines are providing meals to aviation workers impacted by the government shutdown. United, Delta and JetBlue confirmed to PEOPLE that the airlines would provide meals to impacted federal employees.

U.S. lawmakers have tried four times since September last year to close what they called a glaring loophole: China is getting around export bans on the sale of powerful American AI chips by renting them through U.

Billionaire businessman Timothy Mellon – scion of the famed American banking family – is the deep-pocketed donor who gave $130 million to pay US troops during the government shutdown. The reclusive Mellon was identified as the source of the funds in a Saturday report by The New York Times.